State Assessments:
- 3rd grade = ELA
- 4th grade = Math
- 5th grade = Science
- Parents can request other tests. Process for this is TBD.
- All tests are reduced by over 70%.
- Will not likely be used for TAG identification due to significant reduction.
- Testing window is April 13 through June 11. We can narrow our own testing window down to shorter time frame.
- District is working on a common message for all schools; hoping to see this message in a week or so.
Next week:
- No meetings – conference prep and conferences by your own schedules
- Friday 4/16 – no students
Tentative EBISS Dates: All meetings start at 2:45 and will be in the library.
- K – 5/3
- 1st – 5/10
- 2/3 – 5/11
- 4/5 – 5/21
Picture Day: Thursday, April 29th (only one day now)
Train Your Brain: 2/3 Team only – May 4
Mileage Club: Starts on Tuesday. Field cohorts only participate. Parent volunteers will track lap count while standing outside the fence on the Harmon sidewalk. Will work on some sort of digital leaderboard to display students’ progress.
Safety Team; Next meeting is Thursday 5/6 at 2:45 (In person, Library); Safety Team Notes – Please input any safety concerns or questions on this document for the team to consider.
Please Mask Up: It’s clear the vaccine has lowered anxiety and increased confidence around our building; I am really grateful for that shift and I am happy to see you feel more comfortable. I do want to remind you that our students are not vaccinated and are still susceptible to contracting the virus. We still do not have clear evidence that we cannot pass along the virus to non-vaccinated people which is why we still have the requirement in place. It’s also about role modeling what we expect from the kids, so please keep those masks on in front of kids.
Safe Touch Schedule This week Heidi will teach SafeTouch to Watt, Greene, Eriksson and Henry. Thank you for your support!
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Instructional Programs
We know that many people rely upon outside speakers to provide real-world context to course content. We want virtual tools like WebEx to be the primary option for speakers to engage with our students. In unique situations where the instructional needs require an onsite demonstration, building leaders can approve speakers to meet outside with students while maintaining normal safety measures.
Some examples of when this might be appropriate:
- A K-9 demonstration with law enforcement partners
- High school AP physics students teaching a science lesson to a MS/ES class (in outdoor classroom space)
- A botanist visiting a school garden
We still want to restrict non essential visitors so parent volunteers are not allowed at this time during normal school hours.
Community Gatherings After Hours In Our Schools
We are getting lots of questions regarding sports banquets, awards celebrations and other school-specific gatherings. Since these events occur outside of the instructional day, we have to refer to the County Risk Sector Guidance instead of RSSL.
This chart is a great overview of the limits placed on gathering sizes and is based upon Deschutes County COVID infection rate. On Friday, our county is moving from the Moderate to the High category. The next county reset will be released on Tuesday, April 20th and effective on Friday, April 23rd (it resets every 2 weeks).
To assist in interpreting the chart, as of Friday, outdoor gatherings in Deschutes County are limited to 15% of outdoor occupancy limits and indoor limits are a maximum of 25% occupancy or 50 people, whichever is smaller. Since most of our indoor cafeterias, gyms and auditoriums have large occupancy capacity, in most situations you’ll be limited to no more than 50 total people for an indoor event. Click here for steps to determine outdoor occupancy
BLS recommends that events be planned for outdoors and then move indoors should the weather require it. For both indoor and outdoor events, BLS requires that:
- No serving of food/drink is permitted
- Events be coordinated so that there is no overlapping use of spaces with sports/other activities
- Custodians be involved so that they are aware of cleaning needs
- A specific person is responsible that all COVID-19 safety measures are met
NEWPORT CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT UPDATE
APRIL 8, 2021
* NEWPORT AVENUE FROM NW 7TH STREET TO JUST WEST OF NW 9TH STREET IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. THE INTERSECTION WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MONTHS
SAFETY FIRST: Please follow detour signage for the safest route around the construction corridor. Use safe speeds along the detour routes and continue to be considerate of pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE:
Week of April 8th-April 15th
Newport Corridor Improvements – Segment 1
- The next phase of work along Nashville Avenue and the 9th Street – Newport Avenue roundabout will be daytime work. Daytime work hours will be in effect from 7 am – 5:30 pm.
- This segment of work will include the closure of the NW 9th Street and NW Newport Avenue roundabout and closure of NW Nashville Ave. (see Segment 1 illustration below).
- Access to all area businesses along the construction corridor will be maintained.
- Access to businesses between 9th and 11th Streets can also be found using rear alley and rear parking areas.
- All Businesses along the Newport corridor remain open during construction. Please continue to support the local business community.
- We are working to increase the number of blue, business-open signs in the area and hope to have more installed next week.
- Traffic near to Highland School will be impacted by Segment 1 construction. Now more than ever, awareness of pedestrian/student traffic becomes paramount.
- Pavement removal begins on Nashville and Newport between 7th and 10th.
- Storm drain and basin work begins.
- Traffic control measures will be implemented between on 9th Street between NW Ogden Avenue and NW Portland Avenue next week.
- The short segments of 10th Street, north and south of Newport Avenue, will be paved and reopened this Friday, April 9.
- Paving of 12th Street between NW Ogden Avenue and NW Portland Avenue Is scheduled for this Friday, April 9. Watch for flaggers.
*Construction is dependent on weather conditions and other factors.
CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS:
The 9th Street – Newport Avenue roundabout is officially closed.
CONSTRUCTION WORK ZONE:
SEGMENT 1 ILLUSTRATION
PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS
· Access to all businesses will be maintained.
· EMS, buses and many other delivery/service providers have been included on this distribution list.
· Please help us in spreading the word to your clients, customers, and delivery personnel regarding detouring and closures.
· Share the website information where others can also sign up for updates. https://www.bendoregon.gov/newportimprovements – Use the PROJECT UPDATES button.
· If you are not the correct contact for your organization and/or others need to be included, you can respond directly to this email.
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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
24 Hour Construction Phone Line: 541-200-6972.
Project Website: https://www.bendoregon.gov/newportimprovements
Project Contacts: Drew Wells – City of Bend Project Engineer – [email protected]– 541-588-0581
Ron Hand – Project Public Involvement Coordinator – [email protected] – 541-385-4772